The Haven Churches

Upcoming Worship

Friday 20th December 2024
Nettlestone6.00pm Community CarolsGreen

Saturday 21st December 2024
St Helen's4.00pm Winter Solstice Service

Sunday 22nd December 2024
St Helen's9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Mary's9.30am Nine Lessons and Carols
St John's11.00am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's11.15am Nine Lessons and Carols

Monday 23rd December 2024
St Peter's6.00pm Nettlestone and Seaview Community Carols
with Vectis Brass Band
and Seaview fun choir

Tuesday 24th December 2024 - Christmas Eve
St Mary's2.00pm Crib Service
St Peter's3.00pm Christingle
St Helen's9.00pm Christmas Eucharist
St Peter's11.30pm Christmas Eucharist
St Mary's11.30pm Christmas Eucharist

Wednesday 25th December 2024 - Christmas Day
St Mary's9.30am Christmas Eucharist
St Helen's10.00am Christmas Eucharist
St Peter's10.00am Family Service
St John's11.00am Christmas Eucharist

Sunday 29th December 2024
St John's10.00am Benefice Eucharist

Tuesday 31st December 2024
St Catherine's6.00pm New Year's Eve Service

Church Contacts:
Haven Benefice - Priest-in-Charge
Revd Karen Wilson on 07591 240640
or email: revdkarenwilson(at)outlook(dot)com
St Helen's and St Catherine's, St Helens
Sue Whitewck on 01983 568761
St Peter’s Seaview or Safeguarding
Sylvia Beardsmore on 01983 612600
St Mary’s Brading
Nigel Elton Walters on 01983 406817
St Mary's Safeguarding
Catherine Davis on 07940 826034
St John’s Yaverland
Kevin Norton on 07951 407423
Curate at Haven Benefice
Rev Bevaly Rackett on 01983 407432
Email; revbevrackett(at)gmail(dot)com.

St Helen's Church invite you to their Winter Solstice service on Saturday 21st December. We meet in the church at 4.00pm, and there will be an opportunity to walk the labyrinth - which will be lit by hundreds of candles - and mark the shortest day of the year. Refreshments in the church afterwards. All very welcome - and please bring a torch.

You will be very welcome at a short service in St Catherine's Chapel at 6.00pm on New Year's Eve. Why not take this opportunity to reflect on the past year and look forward to the new? St Catherine's is part of the St Helens Community Centre on the corner of Guildford Road and Upper Green Road.

Burns Lunch. Sunday 26th January, 12.30pm St Peter’s Church Hall. Tickets £15 email Suki(dot)turner(at)icloud(dot)com. Dr Cooney will pipe in the Haggis (please let us know if you require Vegetarian Haggis). Proceeds to church funds.

The Brading Bellringers would like to thank everyone who has supported the Bell Restoration Appeal over the past year. We are now gearing up for next year's fund- raising and this starts with our 8 Bell Club, if you would like to renew your membership or join for the first time please contact Margaret at Brading or Yaverland after the services or email Marghanita at bradingbells(at)hotmail(dot)com. It cost's just £12 per ticket for 12 months and each month your number(s) get entered into the draw where you could win either £15, £10 or £5, all the profits are for the Bell Restoration Appeal.

The first Jumble Sale of 2025 in St Mary’s Church hall is on Saturday 1st February from 2.00pm.

In this season of expectation
We prepare to welcome Christ Jesus, Messiah
Into the bustle of our lives
and the hard to find moments of solitude
We prepare to welcome Christ Jesus, Messiah
Into our homes and situations
along with friends and families
We prepare to welcome Christ Jesus, Messiah
Into our hearts,
and those often hidden parts of our lives
We prepare to welcome Christ Jesus, Messiah
For beneath the surface of your story
is an inescapable fact
You entered this world
as vulnerable as any one of us
in order to nail that vulnerability to the cross.
Our fears, our insecurities and our sins
all that can separate us from God
exchanged by your Grace for Love.
We cannot comprehend the reasoning
only marvel that Salvation comes to us
through a baby born in a stable,
and reaches out to a world in need.

In this season of anticipation
We prepare to welcome Christ Jesus, Messiah
© John Birch, Methodist Lay Preacher and worship leader in Wales,
Reproduced by permission from faithandworship.com.

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To add items to this News Sheet please contact Rev Bevaly Rackett (01983 407432) revbevrackett(at)gmail(dot)com.